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Cervical traction is a therapeutic method used for treating neck pain. As of July 2016
according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation the healthy life lost per 100000
people from neck pain in India has increased by 18.7% since 1990 as a result of individuals
devoting about 10 to 15 hours a day in an undesirable position. This project is an approach using
a finite element method for a 30 year old male to investigate the response of soft tissue related
to cervical traction th...

The effects of vertebral morphology on human lumbar spine with progressive decrease in bone mineral density – An FEM study

Osteopenia and Osteoporosis are major bone metabolic diseases among people
especially in women aged above 50 years old. The bone related problems pose an increasing
economic demand in our healthcare system. Study and research in bone and tissues has grown
exponentially over the last years. The knowledge of the mechanical properties of bone will
enhance the understanding of the effect of bone related fractures. In people affected with low
bone mineral density, the fractures are common in ...

Text pre-processing and feature selection are important and critical steps in text
mining. Text pre-processing of large volumes of datasets is a difficult task as unstructured
raw data is converted into structured format. Traditional methods of processing and
weighing took much time and were less accurate. To overcome this challenge, feature
ranking techniques have been devised. A feature set from text preprocessing is fed as input
for feature selection. Feature selection helps improve t...

A Collaborative Framework between Industry and Academia to Stimulate Entrepreneurship through Business Incubation

Entrepreneurship development has increasingly become a global solution to address the problem of rising unemployment. Science, Technology and Innovation
(STI) have become important tools in improving the economic performance and social well-being of nations. When universities and industry work
together to push the boundaries of knowledge, they become a powerful engine for innovation and economic growth. This paper is based on focus group
interviews and discussions conducted with key player...

Acceptance of E-Resources by Students in Zimbabwe State University Libraries: A Consumer Behavior Perspective

E-resources have a significant contribution toward students learning in universities, but their adoption
has not reached its full potential in Zimbabwe. The major purpose of this study was to explore the
acceptability of e-resources in Zimbabwe state universities by students.A survey study involving
a sample of 233 respondents was done to measure the preparedness of undergraduate and postgraduate
students to adopt e-resources. Structural equation modelling was used ascertain the results.
...

ACCESS CONTROL USING ATTRIBUTE BASED ENCRYPTION IN CLOUD COMPUTING: A SURVEY

An efficient way of ensuring data security in the cloud is via access control which has however proven to be a challenge
due to data outsourcing and entrusted cloud servers in cloud storage. Cloud storage systems are no longer trustworthy
because they either produce several encrypted copies of the same data or require a fully trusted cloud server. Weighted
attribute based encryption (WABE) is a capable technique for access control of encrypted data. Access of data in cloud
should be stron...

A Survey on Applications of Internet of Things in Healthcare Domain

Internet of Things (IoT) in healthcare has gained tremendous appreciation as it has already improved the lives of millions of people worldwide. With the use of sensing devices, collecting data from different environments, devices, and equipment is now possible and appropriate decisions can be taken. Collected data is transferred over the network or internet and is able to be stored on the cloud or physical servers for analysis and future references. IoT has revolutionized the healthcare such ...

Allogeneic Blood Transfusion: The Cost of Blood Transfusion at a Large Urban Hospital in Zimbabwe

Whole blood and its respective blood components are indispensable in today’s
medical practice and their use is associated with significant costs. Blood utilization
and blood transfusion costs are generally perceived to be increasing at a time when
healthcare budgets continue being constricted. This may have far reaching consequences,
particularly in resource limited settings where healthcare spending is mainly
foreign funded. A cost-activity based blood transfusion study was carried out ...

Biomems as a Tool to Decifer the Shortcomings of Pharmaceutical Analysis and Importance in Patient

Over the years pharmaceutical analysis has been a field dominantly used in quantification, analysis, determination, separation as well as structure determination of pharmaceutical compounds. However it has largely been limited to laboratory structures, with limited influence in home-based care where it has left patients with a need to visit hospitals and pharmacies for disease monitoring. Drug monitoring remains an imperative part of healthcare systems, where a need to lessen the burden on th...

Method development and validation for the estimation of carboplatin in pharmaceutical pure and dosage form using UV-Vis method

High incidences and cancer cases in the world for the past decade have resulted in the
need to conduct extensive research on the cancer medications. Carboplatin is a
platinum compound used mainly in the treatment of lung, head and neck, as well as
many other cancers. No method has been reportedly done and developed for the routine
analysis of carboplatin using UV-Vis. Many have reported HPLC and Mass
spectroscopy. A method was developed and validated for the analysis of carboplatin in
t...

Electrodeposition of high corrosion resistant Ni–Sn–P alloy coatings from an ionic liquid based on choline chloride

With the objective of obtaining corrosion resistant coatings, ternary Ni–Sn–P alloy coatings were
electrodeposited from a deep eutectic solvent and their composition, morphology and corrosion
resistance were investigated as a function of electrodeposition potential. A comparison was made
with a Ni–P binary alloy coating electrodeposited under similar conditions. Cyclic voltammetry,
energy dispersive analysis of X-rays, potentiodynamic polarisation, open circuit potential-time and
electro...

Malware presents a challenge to organizations as they threaten smooth functioning of both physical and virtual system. Timely identification of malware is critical as it allows organizations to eliminate the threat before damage has been done. This paper proposes a scalable deep learning framework for classifying portable executable files as benign or malicious using file header information. The proposed method relies on the representational power of deep neural networks which allows them to ...

Network traffic intelligence using a low interaction honeypot

Advancements in networking technology have seen more and more devices becoming connected day by day. This has given organizations capacity to extend their networks beyond their boundaries to remote offices and remote employees. However as the network grows security becomes a major challenge since the attack surface also increases. There is need to guard the network against different types of attacks like intrusion and malware through using different tools at different networking levels. This ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is usually characterized by a gradual loss of the functioning which the kidney does over time due to various factors. Early prediction and treatment save the kidney and halts the progress of CKD. CKD disease is being viewed as global public health issue for the past decade. The greatest threat for this deadly disease is developing countries where getting therapy is very expensive. The importance of predicting individuals who are at risk of CKD as well as applying ...

Clustering West Nile Virus Spatio - temporal data using ST-DBSCAN

in diverse fields. Through many tracking devices, huge amounts of spatio-temporal data are being generated. In epidemiology,
diseases, patterns and trends attached can be explored taking advantage of methods such as spatio-temporal clustering to discover
new knowledge. In this paper Spatio-Temporal Density Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (ST-DBSCAN) is
implemented and analysed on a public health dataset. Upon the implementation, results are analysed, loopholes spotted a...

A Paper on the Testing Procedures and Protocols for Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies

Interest in solar thermal technologies have grown over the past two decades due to the increasing energy deficit around the globe as well as increasing carbon levels in the atmosphere. Unlike solar photovoltaics, solar thermal technology has the potential to provide both high and low-grade energy which can be used for several applications from household, industrial to electricity generation. This document will focus more on concentrated solar technology (CST) which are essential for the futur...

A Review of the Existing Solar Irradiation Databases

Huge gains in the form of time and cost savings, increased productivity and efficiency will be obtained by designers and researchers of solar technology systems if relevant information is available and easily accessible for every site in the world. The Internet has played a major role in making this information available to users through various online databases for solar radiation. However, often times many of the available databases do not meet actual users ‘needs. In general most users pre...

Examination of Mel-frequency Cepstral Coefficients features for Parkinson's Disease telediagnosis

The focus for 5G networks is on high fidelity
networks with extreme precision, making complete
telediagnostic and telehealth realizations a possibility. The
characterization of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is based on
motor and non-motor functions of the body. Speech issues
in PD patients identify with motor control, not to lost the
phonetic learning required to make prosodic
qualifications. Speech discourse issues are referred to as
one of the most punctual markers for PD and clinical
c...

Analysis of Jitter and Shimmer for Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis Using Telehealth

The future of telecommunications is premised on high
fidelity net-works with extreme precision, which in turn capacitates
deployment of tele-diagnostic tools. Parkinson’s disease (PD) clinical
characterization is based on, speech problems, tremors in hands,
arms, legs and face, body swelling, muscle rigidity and movement
problems. Speech problems are cited as one of the earliest prodromal
for PD. However, using clinical diagnosis it takes upto five or more
years to detect PD. Therefore...

Development of a wearable wireless body area network for health monitoring of the elderly and disabled

Novel advancements in systems miniaturization, electronics in health care and
communication technologies are enabling the integration of both patients and doctors
involvement in health care system. A Wearable Wireless Body Area Network (WWBAN)
provides continuous, unobtrusive ambulatory, ubiquitous health monitoring, and provide real
time patient’s status to the physician without any constraint on their normal daily life activities.
In this project we developed a wearable wireless body a...